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Australia's central bank keeps rates at 3.85%, stunning markets
Nikkei Asia
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SYDNEY (Reuters) -- Australia's central bank on Tuesday left its cash rate steady at 3.85%, a shock for markets that had confidently wagered on a cut, saying the majority of the board wanted to wait for more information to confirm inflation was...
Australian state rethinking gas market settings to secure supply and boost investments
Offshore Energy
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July 8, 2025
The Government of Australia’s State of Victoria has opened a review into the legislation governing the gas market to ensure a sufficient and affordable gas supply in the longer term. Illustration; Source: Australian Energy Producers The Government...
Australian Dollar Rises As US Dollar Edges Lower Despite Increased Safe-Haven Demand
myMotherLode - California
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Monday, July 7, 2025 11:50 PM EDT Image Source: Unsplash The Australian Dollar advances due to the delay in the implementation of Trump's tariffs. The Reserve Bank of Australia is expected to deliver a 25 basis point rate cut on Tuesday. President...
Australian report details massive shortfall in social housing provision by Victorian Labor government
World Socialist Web Site
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July 8, 2025
A recently published report, titled “Growing Social Housing: Data, insights and targets,” detailed the chronic shortfall of social housing in the Australian state of Victoria, and the number of additional homes needed over the next 25 years. The...
Australian woman found guilty in ‘mushroom murder case’
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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The “mushroom murder case,” as it is known in Australia, transfixed the country. Scores of people lined up each morning outside the courthouse in Morwell, another small town where the trial was held, for the chance to see the proceedings...
Australian-born Māori reconnect to culture despite judgement from 'home'
1News
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Since the 1980s, many Māori have called Australia home, having moved across the ditch in search of jobs and opportunities. Now, almost 20% of the Māori population have migrated to the continent and are facing the challenge of staying connected to...
Australia’s $36B low carbon fuel opportunity
Energy Magazine
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July 7, 2025
A domestic low carbon liquid fuel (LCLF) industry could contribute up to $36 billion to the economy and reduce emissions by 230Mt by 2050 – but only if it acts promptly, according to a new report published by the Clean Energy Finance Corporation...
Australian woman found guilty of murders with toxic mushrooms
Gulf Daily News Online
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An Australian woman was yesterday convicted of murdering three elderly relatives of her estranged husband with a meal laced with poisonous mushrooms, and attempting to murder a fourth, in a case that gripped the country. After a week of...
Australian business activity rebounds in June: survey
The Business Times Singapore
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July 8, 2025
Published Tue, Jul 8, 2025 · 09:49 AM [SYDNEY] Australian business activity rebounded sharply in June as firms reported rising sales and profitability, a survey showed on Tuesday, offering hope demand was finally benefiting from lower borrowing...
Australian business activity rebounds in June, survey finds
Yahoo Sports - Canada
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July 8, 2025
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australian business activity rebounded sharply in June as firms reported rising sales and profitability, a survey showed on Tuesday, offering hope demand was finally benefiting from lower borrowing costs and cooling inflation....
Thanks Albo! Australia is one of the worst-performing nations in the developed world
The Spectator Australia
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July 12, 2025
One thing is certain about the government’s August productivity summit – there will be no policies adopted, and even fewer implemented, that might arrest the disastrous decline in Australia’s output per person. That decline can be measured in many...
Australian royal prank DJs claim their bosses MADE them phone the Princess of Wales's hospital and impersonate the late Queen before nurse's suicide
Daily Mail
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July 8, 2025
The Australian 'shock jock' behind a prank call to the hospital where the Duchess of Cambridge was being treated, which led to the suicide of a nurse, claims he was pressurized into making the call by bosses. Michael Christian and 2Day FM radio...
Australia: Police invoked “anti-riot” laws in assault on pro-Palestinian protest
World Socialist Web Site
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July 8, 2025
It was revealed yesterday that the New South Wales (NSW) Police invoked sweeping “anti-riot” powers to justify their violent dispersal of a small pro-Palestinian protest in Sydney on June 27. That decision, which had to involve the top levels of...
Australia is set to get more AI data centres. Local communities need to be more involved
The Conversation
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July 7, 2025
Data centres are the engines of the internet. These large, high-security facilities host racks of servers that store and process our digital data, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. There are already more than 250 data centres across Australia....
What Does It Really Mean to Be Resilient?
The Australian Jewish News
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July 20, 2025
Get The AJN Newsletter by email and never miss our top stories Free Sign Up We keep saying we are resilient. We call for resilience in the face of antisemitism, anti-Zionism, and anti-Israel hate that has surged into our streets, campuses,...
Job seeking and working with young people
Warrandyte Diary
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July 7, 2025
by Natalie Rinehart 7th July 2025 TRYING TO find your first job as a young person has often been a hard task. In days gone by, it was who your parents knew, or taking around your CV to the local shops. These days, it’s much more complicated. Some...
Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA complains kids not ‘job ready,’ calls for reforms to lift school standards
The West Australian
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July 11, 2025
Frustrated businesses have warned WA’s high schools are turning out more graduates who lack the basic skills and knowledge to make them “job ready”, putting the State’s future economic prosperity at risk. The Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA is...
A soundcheck for two, what love sounds like in an empty concert hall
Out Magazine
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July 19, 2025
The voice of Australian indie-pop singer Mallrat, also known as Grace Shaw, drifted through the empty concert hall, sweet, unhurried, intimate. Her team placed two folding chairs in the center of the floor, a modest throne room for an audience of...
Australia grants major project status to 6 GW power export plan
pv-magazine
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July 7, 2025
SunCable has welcomed the Australian federal government’s decision to renew major project status for its Australia-Asia PowerLink, which aims to deliver up to 6 GW of renewable power from the Northern Territory to industries and urban centers in...
Liontown opens Kathleen Valley lithium operation in Australia
Mining Technology
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July 11, 2025
Australia-based battery minerals provider Liontown Resources has officially opened its Kathleen Valley lithium project, the country’s first underground lithium mine. Liontown aims to achieve full underground mining operations at the project by...